Section 57
Who may order unlawful assembly to disperse
of Criminal Procedure Code 2010
ActIn forceProvision 59 of 478
Section 57
(1)
A police officer may command an unlawful assembly or an assembly of 5 or more people likely to cause a disturbance of the public peace to disperse, and the members of the assembly must then disperse.
(2)
Nothing in this Division derogates from the powers conferred on any person under the Public Order Act 2009.